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| slap on wrist(expression, censure, caution, admonition) | |
| take down a peg(expression, criticize, condemn, blame) | |
| tell a thing or two(expression, censure, caution, warn) | |
| black look(expression, disapprobation) | |
| blow whistle on(expression, charge, condemn, attribute) | |
| bring to task(verb, attack, praise, criticize) | |
| bring to account(expression, disapprobation) | |
| call to order(expression, disapprobation) | |
| come down on like a ton of bricks(expression, punish, scold, scapegoat) | |
| coup de bec(expression, disapprobation) | |
| crack down on(expression, discipline, chastise, penalize) | |
| curtain lecture(expression, disapprobation) | |
| get angry with(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| give the brush(expression, slight, ignore, coldshoulder) | |
| give the brushoff(expression, slight, ignore, coldshoulder) | |
| give the cold shoulder(expression, reject, slight, snub) | |
| give the dickens(expression, reproach, scold, chastise) | |
| give the works(expression, discipline, chastise, penalize) | |
| haul over the coals(verb, attack, praise, criticize) | |
| haul over the coals(verb, expression, attack, criticize) |
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